What is your favorite Husker play of all-time?

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Oh boy.....better prepare myself.

 

[84HuskerLaw]

Yup.  Burkhead reminded me of Joel and Jeff.  I knew their grandmother who often sat in her wheelchair underneath south stadium to watch the games.   I knew where they got that toughness.   She was a nice lady and a reall football fan.  My kids often stayed with her for the second half after getting their regular feast on UNL Dairy store ice cream in those awesome waffle cones!   LOL

[Moiraine]

41 minutes ago, Comfortably Numb said:

 

Yeah, that's right up there. There are lots of good ones, and more flashy choices, but I always appreciate a simple FB dive that busts for 40+ yards.

I see it as a 2 or 3 category question.

1. What's the best play in what it mean for the game/team/program and how emotional/excited it made you
2a. What's the best designed play
2b. What was the most exciting play 'cause it was just plain cool


The Catch would probably fit into 1 and 2b. It was amazing for what it meant for the team and for how exciting the actual play was.

Edited December 9, 2017 by Moiraine

[84HuskerLaw]

I should add that Matt Davison was perhaps my kids' favorite player.   He was the nicest, friendliest of all and when they'd wait down by the locker room entrance door after the game for the team to make their way into it, Davison would look for my three little kids and give them each a glove, sweat band, high fives, etc.   More than once, he probably gave away real value as it was said that players who didn't turn in their pregame alotment had to run steps, etc.  LOL   Davison might have been a coach's pet or something or he did a lot of extra work just to supply my kids with genuine Husker gear!   The last game of one season, Matt even gave them a tour of the locker rooms after the game.  Of course, the security guard and a couple assistants also knew them as they were regulars with their ice cream cones, Husker red from head to toe, and big smiles.    

[Alfa4C]

Going for TWO.

Nobody ever had or has the balls with everything on the line

Defining moment

[B.B. Hemingway]

It's the "Flea Kicker" for me. I lived in Missouri at the time, and the aftermath was awesome.

[84HuskerLaw]

For me, that was a given.  I doubt seriously any Husker fans would have considered kicking for a tie.  A tie is like kissing your Mother on the lips!   Ugh.  

[husker_fan_from_sweden]

Tommie Frazier Run or The day Ndamukong Suh made Colorado his B****.

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

Frazier's run vs. Florida is by far my favorite.

 

 

However, I'll add Kareem Moss' INT at the end of the 94 Orange Bowl that sealed it. When Schlesinger scored his 2nd TD, there were still 2 minutes left. Costa completed a short pass, and was sacked twice, leading to 4th-and-19. When Moss made the INT, it was a feeling of release of all the near-misses and past failures, a feeling of joy and validation and redemption and glory.

Edited December 10, 2017 by The Scarlet Pimpernel

[grandpasknee]

Oh gosh...can't leave this one out.  Big game, big man, big results.  Dean Steinkuhler on the Fumblerooski.

 

 

[hskrpwr13]

2 hours ago, Moiraine said:

Cory Schlesinger's first TD run against Miami.

 

Surprised it wasn't the second TD.

 

I remember shortly after Miami got back the ball, NBC showing a montage of many of the heartbreaking OB losses and thinking how any negative feelings I had remembering those games were about to vanish.

[Scarlet Overkill]

1 hour ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

I should add that Matt Davison was perhaps my kids' favorite player.   He was the nicest, friendliest of all and when they'd wait down by the locker room entrance door after the game for the team to make their way into it, Davison would look for my three little kids and give them each a glove, sweat band, high fives, etc.   More than once, he probably gave away real value as it was said that players who didn't turn in their pregame alotment had to run steps, etc.  LOL   Davison might have been a coach's pet or something or he did a lot of extra work just to supply my kids with genuine Husker gear!   The last game of one season, Matt even gave them a tour of the locker rooms after the game.  Of course, the security guard and a couple assistants also knew them as they were regulars with their ice cream cones, Husker red from head to toe, and big smiles.    

 

Great story!  He seems like a really genuine guy.

[Moiraine]

38 minutes ago, hskrpwr13 said:

 

Surprised it wasn't the second TD.

 

I remember shortly after Miami got back the ball, NBC showing a montage of many of the heartbreaking OB losses and thinking how any negative feelings I had remembering those games were about to vanish.

The first one made me feel like we could really do it.

[LadyGlitterSparkles]

1 hour ago, grandpasknee said:

Oh gosh...can't leave this one out.  Big game, big man, big results.  Dean Steinkuhler on the Fumblerooski.

 

 

 

I would have only been 3 or 4 when that play happened and I don't think I've ever actually seen a replay of it. Great choice.

[KCBuc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyIMbZvMtIA?t=48s

 

Hardest hit I have seen. The QB facemask bent inward and if memory is correct, knocked the guy out of the game. He got hit high and low. It would be targeting or roughing today.  At the 49 second mark.